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Community calendar unveiled Officials seek to prevent overlap BY BETHANY J. ROYER Staff Writer broyer@dailycall.com PIQUA — According to Dean Burch, director of information technology, the brainchild behind the new centralized calendar offered at the city’s website is Kathy Sherman, executive director at the Piqua Area Chamber of
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Commerce. “We used to post the events that were highlighted on APTA’s What’s Happening in Piqua program,” said Burch in an email on the update to the city site that links back to the chamber. “We are now linking to it and those programs are also highlighted on WOTVC’s What’s Happening in Piqua program.” The new calendar on the chamber’s website lists public events
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sponsored by notfor-profits, schools government and agencies. Such events may include those sponsored by Mainstreet YWCA, Piqua, Piqua Arts Council, commission meetings, special school events and neighborhood association meetings. “This will help to prevent the overlapping of two fundraisers on the same date and help organiza-
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tions plan wisely,” said Sherman in a press release regarding the new calendar. She said she hopes that promotion of events will help make fundraisers more successful and keep citizens informed. To submit an event, contact the Piqua Chamber of Commerce at 773-2765 or email k.sherman@piquaareachamber.com. Note that programs or activities limited to members only will not be accepted. For additional information visit www.piquaoh.org or www.piquaareachamber.com
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PIQUA — God’s Table, a communitywide free lunch, will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 325 W. Ash St. The meal will consist of spaghetti pie, peas, applesauce, french bread and dessert. Everyone is welcomed to share in the meal.
Correction An story appearing in the Wednesday’s edition of the Daily Call erroneously stated Cleda F. MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO Lovell was ordered to pay Troy Fire Department medics remove one of the victims of a single-vehicle crash on Troy-Sidney restitution in her stabbing Road at the railroad underpass on Tuesday night. case for the victim of her crime. Restitution was not ordered in the case. The Call regrets the error.
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haven Drive when a 2001 Jeep Cherokee driven by Dane Widney, 43, of Piqua, reportedly failed to stop at a stop sign and ran headon into a concrete wall of a railroad overpass. There were reportedly three occupants in the vehicle. The Troy Fire Department responded to the scene with two medic units and an engine. Both Widney and
a front-seat passenger were transported to Upper Valley Medical Center for treatment. A back seat passenger did not require transport. Chief Deputy Dave Duchak of the Miami County Sheriff’s Office said that the crash is still under investigation but “it appears that failure to control was a contributing factor.”
COVINGTON — The next step in the process of hiring the first village administrator was approved Tuesday night when Covington Village Council members passed an ordinance establishing the position. On a vote of 5-1, council approved on third reading an ordinance that sets in motion the process of hiring an administrator. Council member Lois Newman cast the lone dissenting vote. Mayor Ed McCord said Wednesday that the time has come for Covington to join other communities in the area in having an administrator to supervise the operations of the village government. “It’s very important to have someone to make decisions and oversee the operations on a daily basis,” McCord said, noting that all council members have fulltime jobs and the mayor’s position is a part-time job. He also said that the elected officials lack the expertise needed to make the village operations more efficient and an administrator would be able to secure grants for village projects. The village will now proceed with the process of hiring an administrator. McCord said tentative plans call for the See Covington/Page 2
Home-schooled student wins county bee East fifth-grader takes second place
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BY MELANIE YINGST Ohio Community Media myingst@tdnpublishing.com MIAMI COUNTY — Sibling rivalry helped boost both the winner and runner-up of the Miami County District Spelling Bee with David Gallivan, representing Miami County Christian Home Educators, spelled down Miami East Elementary’s Erik Austerman in 12 rounds before he was tapped as champion Wednesday. Gallivan, an eighth-grade student from Beavercreek, said his beating his sister in the group’s spelling bee helped him advance to the districts. “I studied for it a lot,” Gallivan
said as he stood with family after winning. “My mom found a word list and it had some tips that helped a lot.” Gallivan said practicing for the bee with his sister and a simple spelling strategy was how he came out on top to outspell 11 other students Wednesday at Newton Local School. Gallivan will represent the district at the regional spelling bee on Saturday, Feb. 25 at Sinclair Community College. Gallivan said the opportunity to attend the Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C., that is televised on ESPN “would be cool.” “I just would think about the ANTHONY WEBER/OHIO COMMUNITY MEDIA PHOTOS word and try to remember how it looked in my mind,” Gallivan Left, David Gallivan, a Miami County Christian Home Educators stusaid. “Sometimes it’s like the dent, won the 2012 Miami County District Spelling Bee at Newton School on Wednesday. At right, fifth-grade student Erik Austerman See County bee/Page 2 from Miami East Elementary School was the runner-up.
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Tales emerge of missing, dead in ship disaster Captain says he never intended to abandon passengers BY NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME — An Italian dad and his 5-year-old daughter. A retired American couple treating themselves after putting four children through college. A Hungarian musician who helped crying children into lifejackets, then disappeared while trying to retrieve his beloved violin from his cabin. As details emerged Wednesday about the missing and the dead in the grounding of the Costa Concordia, the captain was quoted as saying he tripped and fell into the water from the listing vessel and never intended to abandon his passengers. The search for the 21 people still unaccounted for in the disaster ground to a halt after the cruise liner shifted again on its rocky perch off the Tuscan island of Giglio, making it too dangerous for divers to continue. Rough seas were forecast for the next few days. The bad weather also postponed the start of the weekslong operation to extract the half-million gallons of fuel on board the vessel, as Italy’s environment minister warned Parliament of the ecological implications if the ship sinks. The $450 million Costa Concordia was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it slammed into a reef and capsized Friday after the captain made an unauthorized diversion from his programmed route and strayed into the perilous waters. Capt. Francesco Schettino, who was jailed after he left the ship before everyone was safely evacuated, was placed under house arrest Tuesday, fac-
ing possible charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning his ship. The ship’s operator, Crociere Costa SpA, has accused Schettino of causing the wreck by making the unapproved detour, and the captain has acknowledged carrying out what he called a “tourist navigation” that brought the ship closer to Giglio. Costa has said such a navigational “fly by” was done last Aug. 9-10, after being approved by the company and Giglio port authorities. However, Lloyd’s List Intelligence, a leading maritime publication, said Wednesday its tracking of the ship’s August route showed it actually took the Concordia slightly closer to Giglio than the course that caused Friday’s disaster. “This is not a black-andwhite case,” Richard Meade, editor of Lloyd’s List, said in a statement. “Our data suggests that both routes took the vessel within 200 meters (yards) of the impact point and that the authorized route was actually closer to shore.” New audio of Schettino’s communications with the coast guard during the crisis emerged Wednesday, with the captain claiming he ended up in a life raft after he tripped and fell into the water. “I did not abandon a ship with 100 people on board, the ship suddenly listed and we were thrown into the water,” Schettino said, according to a transcript published Wednesday in the Corriere della Sera paper. Initial audio of Schettino’s conversations made headlines on Tuesday, showing an increasingly exasperated coast guard officer ordering Schettino back on board to direct the evacuation, and the captain resisting, saying it was too dark and the ship was tipping.
County bee Continued from page 1 word would come up and I’d try to spell it in my head so that strategy helps.” Gallivan said his favorite subject is math and he is a fan of reading — especially the Lord of the Rings novels. Gallivan won the bee spelling “epilepsy” after Austerman misspelled “phylum.” Austerman, 11, and a fifth-grader at Miami East Elementary said placing second in the district spelling bee was a neat experience. “I was really nervous,” Austerman said. “Spelling is fun because it gets my mind to work.” Austerman beat his twin brother Greg at the school’s spelling bee to try his wordsmith skills at districts. Austerman said he had help from both his twin brother and his father in preparing for the district spelling bee. “I hope to beat him again and come back next year,” Austerman said. Austerman is the son of Ben and Melissa Austerman of Casstown. Galli-
van is the son of Sean and Jennifer Gallivan of Beavercreek. The Miami County Educational Service Center annually serves as the coordinator of the District Spelling Bee for the spelling bee champions of Bethel Elementary and Junior High, Covington Elementary and Middle School, Miami County Christian Home Educators of Ohio, Miami East Elementary and Junior High, Milton-Union Elementary and Middle School and Newton Elementary and Junior High. The spelling bee champions represented the following schools: Jared Milliman, Bethel Elementary; Kaitlyn Parker, Bethel Junior High School; Gray Harshbarger, Covington Elementary School; Cooper Hand, Covington Middle School; Erin Redick, Miami East Junior High School; Katarina Lee, Milton-Union Elementary School; Thomas Kelly, Milton-Union Middle School; Hunter Hollis, Newton Elementary School; and Milan Bess, Newton Junior High School.
Bradford BOE plans meeting BRADFORD — The Bradford Board of Education will meet in special session at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in executive session. It will be followed by a work session to discuss the superintendent’s job description and evaluation.
Gerald E. ‘Gerry’ Ross TROY — Gerald E. “Gerry” Ross, 79, of Troy, passed away at 9:13 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, a t Upper Va l l e y Medical Center, Troy. H e w a s ROSS born in Troy, on Feb. 16, 1932, to the late Roy and Thelma (Tecklenburg) Ross. Gerry married Janet Davis on June 16, 1951, and she died on January 12, 1997. He is survived by his three sons and daughterin-law, Bill Ross of Dayton, Jim D. and Mary A. Ross of Troy, and David A. Ross of Troy; three grandchildren, Bryan (Regina) Ross, Erik Ross, and Allison Ross; three great-grandchildren, Colton, Mya, and Anabelle; a brother, Jim Ross of Morro Bay, Calif. and two sisters, Nina Ross Montgomery of Wellington, Colo., Cora Sue Broome of Beaverton, Ore. In addition to his par-
ents and wife, he also was preceded in death by his sister, Miriam Mundis. Gerry was a 1951 graduate from Troy High School. He was a member of First United Church of Christ, Troy and Western Ohio WoodWorkers Club. Gerry retired from A.O. Smith, Tipp City in 1982 and he was the former owner of Ross Painting, Troy for 40 years. His hobbies include woodworking, collecting tools, visiting friends, and most of all spending time with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy, with the Rev. Allen Marheine officiating. Interment will follow the service at Riverside Cemetery, Troy. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, 45373. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.
Brad Aaron Wille TROY — Brad Aaron Wille, 34, 13 N. Mulberry St., Troy, passed away peacefully at 7 : 2 4 p . m . Tuesd a y , Jan. 17, 2012, at his residence. Brad WILLE w a s born Oct. 24, 1977, in Sidney, the son of Terry (Sue) Wille, of Sidney and Yvonne (Andrew) Kinkle, of Sidney. Brad was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Elmer Hayden and Paul Baker; and one uncle, Ronnie Hayden. Survivors include one daughter, Desiree Beck of Haleyville, Ala.; a brother, Brent (Erica) Wille of Troy; a sister, Tara (Dave) Hull of Sidney; grandparents, Mary Baker of Sidney, Russell (Darlene)
Kinkle of Lima, and Duaine (Catherine) Wille of Sidney; nephews, Zachary Wille, Tyler Pelphrey, Jarred, Jayce and Jacob Kirk; nieces, Brianna and Mariah Wille; and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Brad was a member of the Master Hand Ministries in Troy. Brad was self-employed as an automobile technician. He was a loving family man. He was very athletic and loved all sports, especially the Denver Broncos. Brad also had a passion for cars. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, with Pastor Richard Baker officiating. Burial will follow at Shelby Memory Gardens, Sidney. Family and friends may call from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. On line memories may be expressed to the family at www.theadamsfuneralhome.com.
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Jean D. Schoknecht TROY — Jean D. Schoknecht, 91, formerly of Troy, and Arcadia, Fla., a n d more r e cently of Mort o n G r o v e, I l l . went home to be SCHOKNECHT w i t h the Lord on Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. She was born May 11, 1920 in Chicago, Ill. Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred on Dec. 17, 1968. Survivors include her four children, Paul (Janice)
Schoknecht of Wadsworth, Ill., Robert (Patricia) Schoknecht of Troy, Penny (Jack) Hoekstra of Troy, Patricia (Sylvie) Schoknecht of Winter Park, Fla.; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Betty Kramer of North Redington, Fla. Jean was a member of First United Methodist Church, Troy. Private family services will be held at a later date. If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to your favorite charity. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.
Kelly C. Waters CLEARWATER, Fla. — Kelly C. Waters, 69, of Clearwater, Fla., and formerly of Sidn e y , passed away Tuesd a y , Jan. 10, 2012, t a 11:30 p.m. at WATERS Gulfside Hospice Center. Kelly was born Aug. 3, 1942, in Smithtown, Ky., to the late Milford and Lina Waters. Kelly is survived by his wife of 46 years, JoAnn Waters, whom he married Sept. 4, 1965. He also is survived by two sons, Scott Waters and wife Michelle, of Sidney, and Greg Waters and wife Deb, of Hudson, Fla., and one grandson, Jacob Waters, of Sidney. He also is survived by two brothers, Vincent Waters and wife Pat, of Wapakoneta and Gary Waters, of Hilton Head, S.C.; two sisters, Mrs. Tom (Elva) Smith of Sidney and Mrs. Vincent (Wilma) Michel of Tipp City. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Mitchell and Wendell Waters; and two sisters, Bertie Johnson and Jewel Phillips. Kelly was a Sidney
High School graduate with the Class of 1961. He worked for 42 years at LeRoi Dresser in Sidney. He retired in Clearwater, Fla., in 2003. He was an active member and Sunday school teacher and deacon at Calvary Chapel in Minster for 10 years. He also attended Troy Baptist Church. Upon his retirement to Florida, he was a member at Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater, where he served in the Anchor of Hope, Senior Impact Ministries, Salvation Army Ministries for the homeless and Sunday Morning Life Group. Kelly was an avid fisherman and hunter who loved the outdoors and continued the hobby of fishing into his retirement. He was a fan of The Ohio State University football and the University of Kentucky basketball and walking his dog. He was a very devoted and caring husband, father and grandfather. He loved spending time with his family and friends and will be deeply missed. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Emanuel Baptist Church, 920 Sixth Ave., Sidney, with the Rev. Lehman Branscum officiating. Memorial contributions may directed to hospice.
Death notices PIQUA — Ruth Leach, 79, of Piqua, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 18. 2012, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. Services are pending at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua.
Covington Continued from page 1 administrator’s position be filled by July 1. With the establishment of the village administrator’s position, the Covington Board of Public Affairs, which oversees the operation of village utilities, would be dissolved. McCord said BPA member Dave Roecker read a statement, signed by all three BPA members, supporting the administrator’s position. In other business at Tuesday’s meeting, Bud Weer presented a review of BPA accomplishments for 2011. McCord said Weer advised council that among the improvements completed last year were the installation of a new lift station in the commu-
nity park and the installation of a new grinder and a new pump at the wastewater treatment plant. BPA members also outlined future improvement projects, which include relining sanitary sewer lines and manhole rehabilitation to curb stormwater infiltration, replacement of water meters and a switch to monthly utility billing. During the meeting council also reviewed village accomplishments for 2011, which include reorganization of the village ordinance book, re-instituting of the police committee, scheduled reviews of village issues (such as insurance coverage), maintaining balanced budgets for village departments, continued improve-
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ments to the village website and the purchase of lots near the railroad bed for future use for a bike path. Goals for 2012 also were discussed. McCord said among the goals are the hiring of a village administrator, planning the future Spring Street reconstruction project, exploring capital funding options for village projects, improved communication with village residents, the continued improvement of the village website and reduce stormwater infiltration into the sanitary sewer lines. In other business council: • Approved the Ohio Revised Code. • Were informed of appointments made by Mc-
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Cord, which include Dusty Furrow as street commissioner and Chris Beckstedt as Planning and Zoning Commission member. • Changed the name of the council police committee to the safety committee to include the fire department and rescue squad, as well as the police department and established records retention and website committees. The latter two committees will meet quarterly (or as needed), while the safety meeting will meet at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of the month and the street committee will meet at 6 p.m. on the third Monday. The planning and zoning commission will meet at 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of
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Light snow in forecast Another fast-moving system heads our way late today, bringing the chance of snow into the area again. Accumulation looks light, generally an inch or less. Temperatures will remain cold through Friday. A wintry mix may start the weekend. A warm-up will begin Sunday, with highs remaining in the 40s through the middle of next week. High: 32 Low: 24.
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Members of the 2011 Piqua Area United Way Community Campaign Committee posts the final tally of the campaign. “We are really pleased to tell the Piqua community that their pledges have surpassed the goal we set and that through these pledges many, many lives will be changed for the better,” said Craig Barhorst, campaign chairman. Saying a big “thank you” on behalf of the board of directors and the campaign committee members from the left are Ryan Raterman, commercial division chair; Kirk Nichols, residential division chair; Craig Barhorst, 2011 campaign chairman; Kyle Matoteaux, public service division chair; and Craig Mullenbrock, first vice chairman.
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PIQUA — Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David Thomson, and Shane Fuller are confident and focused. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle — fatherhood. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God ... and to their children? Protecting the streets is second nature to these men. Raising their children in a God-honoring
way? That’s courageous. The Upper Valley Community Church Men’s Group is proud to present the movie “Courageous” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at and at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29. Both showings will take place at the church. Childcare (up to age 5) will be available on Sunday only. The cost is only $2 per person and $3 per couple with children free. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, call 778-8822 or email uvcc@uvcc.org. Upper Valley Community Church is at 1400 Seidel Parkway, Piqua and is located ¼ mile east of I-75 (exit 83) just off 25-A.
Adams, Republicans Church men’s group presents Courageous outline priorities Workforce development, beginning hearings on fixing school funding formula among top goals COLUMBUS — On the heels of a successful first half of the General Assembly that saw the passage of more than 90 bills that address issues from regulatory reform and the creation of JobsOhio to prescription drug abuse, State Rep. Richard Adams (R-Troy) on Tuesday joined Speaker of the Ohio House William G. Batchelder (R-Medina) and members of the House Republican Caucus at a press conference to unveil their legislative priorities for 2012. The priorities outlined by House Republicans include a close analysis, fact finding, and making recommendations for revising Ohio’s school funding
formula, which in 1997 was deemed unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court. Despite the court ruling, Ohio’s school funding system has not undergone any transformative changes that have wholly fixed the root of the problem. To address this issue, House Republicans announced that they will initiate comprehensive, bipartisan hearings on both the funding formula and student achievement throughout the duration of 2012. The House Republican Caucus also laid out a proposal to implement the recommendations of the JobsOhio report through the creation of the Development Services Agency.
The proposal will complete the transition to a lean, streamlined public/private partnership free of the cumbersome bureaucracy that characterized Ohio’s economic efforts in the past. Additionally, the caucus discussed strategies for implementing the findings of the Ohio Workforce Development Study Committee, specifically focusing on helping career tech schools and community colleges to prepare a ready workforce, as well as training Ohioans for imminent shale and energy jobs. “I served on the Workforce Development Study Committee,” Adams said. “My background at the
Upper Valley Career Center and Edison Community College will be useful and it’s providing informed input into preparing our citizens for good jobs.” The caucus has also revealed plans to reform the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, building upon existing reforms to go further in assisting injured workers while identifying other cost-saving possibilities. Other legislative items that the House Republican Caucus intends to address include: • The Great Lakes Compact • Casino and gaming laws • Healthcare exchange • Laws pertaining to exotic animals “As we look forward to the continuation of economic development and creation of good jobs, I welcome the input of my TROY — The Troyconstituents,” Adams said. Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., is offering an opportunity to have fun while exploring drawing through a class atre, with leading roles in taught by instructor, such works as Tales of Mary Bower. Bower will offer BeginHoffmann, Falstaff, and ning Drawing 2 for stuBrigadoon. Warrick made her Day- dents who attended her ton Opera Debut in 1999 as fall beginning drawing Frasquita in Bizet’s Car- class or have previous men as well as traveling to drawing experience. StuColorado to sing Adele in dents will continue to the Little Theatre of the work with line, shading, Rockies spring production and gestural techniques and also learn about draw2000 of Die Fledermaus. ing people, still life, and Dr. Randall S. Paul, perspective. For ages 13 Music Department Chair through adult, this class at Wright State University, is serving as the coordina- will be held from 5:30-6:30 tor of Hayner’s chamber p.m. on five Mondays beginning Feb. 6. concert series.
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Hayner to feature The Three Sopranos TROY — The TroyHayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St. will present a chamber concert performance at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31, featuring The Three Sopranos — Diana Cataldi, Ginger Minneman and Kimberly Warrick. The concert is presented free and open to the public. Cataldi received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in vocal performance from the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music and in 2010, completed her Doctorate of musical arts in vocal performance and pedagogy at The Ohio State University. She has been on faculty at Wright State University since 2005 as a studio voice instructor. She also is an associate music director at First United Church of Christ in North College Hill where she has served periodically since her college days starting in 1991. In the spring of 2011, Cataldi performed the role of Amina in WSU’s production of La Sonnambula as well as singing the soprano solo in Haydn’s Kleine Orgelmesse with WSU’s University Chorus. In the summer of 2010, she enjoyed the privilege of singing solo at the New York Philharmonic Hall
with the Dayton Philharmonic Chorus. She was also a selected participant in the Art Song Festival at Baldwin-Wallace College Spring of 2010. In May 2009, Cataldi performed the role of Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro at The Ohio State University. Minneman is an active soloist and music educator in the Dayton area. She teaches voice at Wright State University and is the director of music at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Oakwood. Minneman’s performances include the world premiere of The Mystic Trumpeter, a song cycle by Dr. James W. Moore, as well as solos in several major choral works including Dubois’s Seven Last Words, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn’s Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, the Fauré Requiem, Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus, the Bach Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah and most recently Ein Deutch Requiem by Brahms and Francis Poulenc’s Gloria. Warrick has been associate professor, coordinator of vocal students, and director of opera theatre at Wright State University since 1995. Warrick earned her bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Califor-
nia State University at Northridge and completed both her M.M. and D.A. in vocal performance and opera direction at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. While living in the Los Angeles area, she sang extensively in regional opera theatre, singing roles such as Violetta in La Traviata, Blondchen in The Abduction from the Seraglio, and Musetta in La Boheme. In Colorado, Warrick performed in opera and musical the-
The fee is $ 75 and includes supplies. Bower also offers additional classes in art including Sculpture Experience for Beginners, “Drawing” Generations Together, and Igniting your Creative Self. Complete information on these classes are available on Hayner’s website. Fees are due upon registration. Checks should be made payable to the instructor. For more information or to register, visit w w w. t r o y h a y n e r. o r g where you can register in the art class section or call 339-0457. You may also join the center on Facebook on the home page of the website.
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Santorum fights back against critics BY PHILIP ELLIOTT
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AIKEN, S.C. (AP) Rick Santorum on Tuesday branded Mitt Romney a liberal, said Newt Gingrich’s policy positions have been “all over the place” and laughed that Ron Paul has been running for president “since 1938,” looking to capture the GOP presidential nomination even if takes harsh words for fellow Republicans. Santorum, a long-time footnote in the GOP contest now attracting scrutiny, tried to punch his way to the top of the pack with scathing critiques of his rivals ahead of Saturday’s South Carolina primary. In campaign speeches and a new TV ad, the former senator from Pennsylvania sharpened his criticism and urged conservatives to coalesce around one of their own or face Romney as the GOP’s nominee. “He’s got a lot of money, but he doesn’t have the convictions, the authenticity nor the record that is necessary to win this election,” Santorum told voters about Romney. “Please consolidate.” At the same time, he sought to cast Gingrich, the former House speaker, as an insufficiently conservative option. “Speaker Gingrich is not nearly as conservative as I am on most issues,” Santorum said. “Newt is bold, but he is all over the place,” he continued. “Attacking capitalism, supporting capitalism. Against global warming, for global warming. We need someone who is bold and consistent.” Santorum, a sometimes acerbic and often sarcastic campaigner, has done little to hide his animosity toward his rivals since he came within eight votes of winning Iowa’s caucuses earlier this month. He even took a shot at the 76-year-old Paul, who bested him New Hampshire and has needled him from afar. “Congressman Paul had been running in New Hampshire for president since 1938,” he said. Conservatives, it seemed, were recognizing their dilemma: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Gingrich and Santorum all were vying to emerge the leading alternative to Romney. Thus far, however, they have fractured their support and Romney has won both Iowa’s and New Hampshire’s lead-off contests. “We conservatives are splitting the vote,” Aiken voter Michele Merritt told Santorum. “Is there not anything that those conservatives can do to get together for the good of the country and try to coalesce behind one person that will be able to take on Romney and win? Because I really, really don’t want Romney to get the nomination.” Santorum nodded but stopped short of urging anyone to exit from the race. “I believe everybody has a right to be in this race if they want to be in this race and fight as hard as they want for as long as they want,” he later told reporters in Lexington. “I’m not into political games, or political deals.” Santorum finished a close second in Iowa on a shoestring budget. Fundraising took off after that and Santorum was finally in a position to spend some of the $3 million he raised that week. In an ad scheduled to start airing Wednesday in South Carolina, Santorum likened Romney to President Barack Obama. “Obama supported the Wall Street bailouts. So did Romney. Obama gave us radical Obamacare that was based on Romneycare,” the ad’s narrator says. “Obama’s a liberal on social issues. Romney once bragged he’s even more liberal than Ted Kennedy on social issues.” The ad then asks: “Why would we ever vote for someone who is just like Obama?”
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Philip Elliott covers poltics for The Associated Press.
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campaign. Romney’s father, ew Hampshire who picked potatoes and shrugged. From the worked construction before beach towns in the climbing to the chairmaneast to the mountain hamship of American Motors lets in the North Country, in Corp., was one of the strivthe urban centers of miding survivors of the Great state and through the creepDepression. He was the son ing suburbs of the south, the of a carpenter living a substate that regards itself as the great, if often cranky, ar- DAVID SHRIBMAN sistence and then a rootless, debt-ridden childhood in bitrator of presidential poliColumnist Texas, California, Idaho and tics told America that its Utah. He did not hold a colneighbor Mitt Romney was lege degree. good enough to be the GOP nominee, but Now the son, who Tuesday night demaybe not sparkly enough to ignite a Rescribed the new GOP critique of capitalpublican romance. The first primary sent Romney, a for- ism as “such a mistake for our party and mer Massachusetts governor, onto the for our nation,” is the first Republican in next round as the undisputed front-run- a generation to win contested races in ner in the Republican sweepstakes. It pro- New Hampshire and Iowa, though the vided him with momentum, if not passion, latter came by only eight votes. No matas the campaign swings south, first to ter. This permits Romney to wheel into South Carolina next Saturday and then South Carolina as a formidable force, a to Florida at month’s end. He’s the man to significant factor in a party thirsty to end beat, and there are strong indications the presidency of Barack Obama. Indeed, that there is no one in this field who can a new Gallup Poll indicated Romney was the only candidate a majority of conserbeat him. Still, New Hampshire 2012 will be re- vative and moderate/liberal Republicans membered for two important questions, regarded as an “acceptable” nominee. Even so, there could be danger signals one political and one philosophical, that emerged from a week of intense face-to- in what Romney called his “Granite State face campaigning that verged on riveting moment” Tuesday night. He polled substantially less than Sen. Edmund S. hand-to-hand combat. The first is the weakness of the front- Muskie of Maine, another New Hamprunner, who for the second week in a row shire neighbor, who in 1972 was regarded drew about the same portion of the vote as the unassailable front-runner, but as he did four years earlier against a whose 46 percent showing was regarded tougher, more diverse and overall more as unimpressive, even fatal. Muskie polled only 9 percentage points ahead of interesting field of rivals. The second is the profound introspec- Sen. George S. McGovern of South tion these Republicans set in motion Dakota, but Romney four decades later about the character of capitalism, un- has no challenger remotely as skilled as usual in any party but without precedent those in the 1972 class. The contender who exceeded expectain the Republican Party perhaps since 1912. For nearly a week, Romney’s record tions was former Gov. Jon Huntsman of as a crusading consultant rushing in to Utah, whose third-place showing prosalvage profits amid corporate wreckage vided him the oxygen to continue. A forwas at the center of the Republican de- mer U.S. ambassador to Beijing, bate. This was not the way the former Huntsman staked all on New Hampshire, Bain Capital chief, who has relentlessly much as former Sen. Rick Santorum of portrayed himself as a business savior Pennsylvania staked all on Iowa. Appealrather than a job wrecker, had remotely ing in large measure to independents, intended. From all corners of a party that Huntsman, who made some 170 appearonce was considered the curator of capi- ances in the state, has the grit but probatalism came an assault on Romney and bly not the support to be a factor going important questions about the human forward. In contrast, Santorum, who emcosts of corporate restructuring and the braces many of the social-conservative ismoral consequences of bottom-line suc- sues that a substantial part of the GOP voting base feels haven’t won a sufficient cess and CEO compensation. This, perhaps more than the results of airing, can hope for a more congenial enNew Hampshire, has the capacity to shift vironment in South Carolina. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, whose strong the American conversation, which remains preoccupied with the question of second-place finish once again showed he job creation and economic growth. The has a solid core of supporters — last Tueshard-boiled burghers of the north, the day night they chanted “President Paul” shopkeepers of the lake country and the as he addressed them — underlined that new-age entrepreneurs of the shiny, high- he could force the Republican contest to tech south unexpectedly found them- continue longer than Republican strateselves in the middle of a raucous debate gists might hope. Whether he mounts an over the rectitude of corporate downsizing independent candidacy, endangering the and whether outside consultants, armed GOP’s hopes in November, is Campaign with spreadsheets and MBAs, should be 2012’s biggest unknown. But last Tuesday was Romney’s night, celebrated for what former House Speaker Newt Gingrich derided as “loot- not the best night a Republican front-runner has enjoyed but much better than the ing a company.” That is the language one expects in the one Sen. Bob Dole, skunked by conservaprecincts of an Occupy tent community, tive commentator Patrick J. Buchanan, not in a Republican primary in a state experienced in 1996. For the second straight week, Romney that voted twice for both Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. What broke out in at best can say he, and what he described New Hampshire was class warfare of a as “our cause,” won. At worst, he can distinct sort, waged by men of mostly claim he did not lose. If that continues, he modest upbringings against a onetime could win the nomination by not losing, corporate warrior with impeccable estab- which against a weak president could be just enough to transform American polilishment credentials. In a way, the attack against Romney — tics. an assault, it must be noted, that he parDavid M. Shribman is executive editor ried with some elan — was itself an eloquent statement about American social of the (Pittsburgh) Post-Gazette and a vetmobility, the predominant theme of this eran political columnist.
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Paula Deen hid diabetes, Woman who needs a hug is urged to pushed high-fat food reach out to others NEW YORK — Paula Deen, the Southern belle of butter and heavy cream, makes no apologies for waiting three years to disclose she has diabetes while continuing to dish up deep-fried cheesecake and other high-calorie, high-fat recipes on TV. She said she isn’t changing the comfort cooking that made her a star, though it isn’t clear how much of it she’ll continue to eat while she promotes health-conscious recipes along with a diabetes drug she’s endorsing for a Danish company. “I’ve always said, ‘Practice moderation, y’all.’ I’ll probably say that a little louder now,” Deen said Tuesday after revealing her diagnosis on NBC’s “Today” show. “You can have diabetes and have a piece of cake. You cannot have diabetes and eat a whole cake.” Health activists and one fellow chef called her a hypocrite for promoting an unhealthy diet along with a drug to treat its likely effects. Deen added her support of the Novo Nordisk company to a collection of lucrative endorsements that include Smithfield ham and Philadelphia Cream Cheese. Deen, who will turn 65 on Thursday, said she kept her diagnosis private as she and her family figured out what to do, presumably about her health and a career built solidly on Southern cooking. Among her recipes: deep-fried cheesecake covered in chocolate and powdered sugar, and a quiche that calls for a pound of bacon.
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In this image released by NBC, co-host Al Roker speaks to celebrity chef and TV personality Paula Deen about her diabetes on “Today” on Tuesday in New York. “I really sat on this information for a few years because I said, ‘Oh, my gosh, what am I going to do about this? Is my life fixing to change? Am I no longer going to like my life?” she asked. “I had to have time to adjust and soak it all in and get up all the information that I could.” While Deen, who lives in Savannah, Ga., has cut out the sweet tea she routinely drank straight through to bedtime and taken up treadmill walking, she plans few changes on the air. Government doctors say that being overweight (as Deen is), over 45 (as Deen is) and inactive (as Deen was) increase the risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. Growth of the disease in the U.S. has been closely tied to escalating obesity rates. Roughly 23 million Americans are believed to have the most common Type 2 diabetes; patients’ bodies either do not produce enough in-
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sulin or do not use it efficiently, allowing excess sugar, or glucose, to accumulate in the blood. Deen is the pitch person for Novo Nordisk’s new online program, Diabetes in a New Light, which offers tips on food preparation, stress management and working with doctors on treatment. She has contributed diabetesfriendly recipes to the website and takes the company’s drug Victoza, a once-daily noninsulin injection that had global sales of $734 million in the first nine months of 2011. A recipe for Lady and Sons Lasagna, on her diabetes-conscious site, uses extra-lean ground beef and cans of unsalted tomato sauce and diced tomatoes, for a dish estimated at 260 calories a serving. Turn to Deen’s collection of recipes on The Food Network’s site and find Grandmother Paul’s fried chicken, with Crisco shortening for frying, or baked French Toast casserole, with two cups of halfand-half and a half-pound of butter. No calorie counts are estimated. The Novo Nordisk site links to promotional materials for the drug Victoza. Company spokeswoman Complete the grid so every row, Ambre Morley and Deen column and 3 x 3 declined to disclose how much she is being paid. box contains Deen said she had no every digit from help or advice to offer the 1 to 9 inclusively. public when she was first WEDNESDAY’S SOLUTION diagnosed, but feels she’s making a contribution now. None of that matters much to outspoken chef Anthony Bourdain, who has never been a Deen fan. He told Eater.com of
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her diabetes announcement: “When your signature dish is hamburger in between a doughnut, and you’ve been cheerfully selling this stuff knowing all along that you’ve got Type 2 diabetes … it’s in bad taste if nothing else.” In Yuba, Wis., Judd Dvorak watches Deen cook on TV all the time with his wife. He thinks Bourdain has the right idea. Dvorak said it’s wrong for Deen to accept money to become a paid spokeswoman for a diabetes drug after espousing a cooking style that helps lead to diabetes. “It would be like someone who goes on TV and brags about how wonderful it is to smoke two packs of cigarettes a day and then when he or she gets lung cancer becomes a paid spokesperson for nicotine patches,” Dvorak said. “I feel it is in very poor taste and if she chose to become an unpaid spokesperson for the American Diabetes Association, that would be a better way for her to make a difference and help fight this horrible disease.” Deen also smokes, but she considers her heavyhanded food only one piece of the diabetes puzzle, with genetics, lifestyle, stress, age and race. She said she would never advocate smoking and her diabetes is “well under control.” While making changes in her personal life, she doesn’t think her TV shows — there are three — will look much different. She spends about 30 days a year taping, “so I’m not cooking and eating that way every day.”
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The delicate art of deception
Assume you’re East defending against four spades after the auction shown. Your partner
leads the king of clubs, and, when dummy comes down, it seems that your chances of beating the contract are very slim. South is sure to have the A-K of spades and ace of hearts for his opening bid, so it appears likely that his only losers will be a trump trick and two clubs. Nevertheless, you have a good chance to defeat the contract if you make a very unusual play at trick one. On your partner’s king of clubs, you play the jack, and when he continues with the ace, you play the deuce!
Your trusting partner naturally thinks you started with the doubleton J-2 of clubs — which is exactly what you want him to think. He therefore plays the ten of clubs next, expecting dummy to ruff and hoping you will be able to overruff. This is where declarer, who also saw you play the J-2 of clubs, could easily go wrong. To prevent an overruff of the four by the seven, eight or nine, he might decide to ruff with dummy’s ten. If he does, he will eventually regret it. Your Q-9-87, which guaranteed you only one trump trick
when dummy first appeared, are now worth two tricks, regardless of how South continues. Of course, declarer might not fall for your ruse and might ruff the third club with the four. Even if he does, it will not have cost you anything to have tried to fool him. Any play a defender makes that increases the chance of misleading declarer is a step in the right direction, and the more steps of this kind you take, the more often declarer will go wrong. Tomorrow: quiz.
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More U.S. Catholics take complaints to church court Associated Press NEW YORK — Parents upset by the admission policy at a parochial school. Clergy and parishioners at odds over use of their building. A priest resisting a transfer to another parish. It was once assumed that disagreements like these in the Roman Catholic Church would end one way: with the highestranking cleric getting the last word. But that outcome is no longer a given as Catholics, emboldened following the clergy abuse scandals that erupted a decade ago this month, have sought another avenue of redress. In recent years, clergy and lay people in the United States have increasingly turned to the church’s internal legal system to challenge a bishop’s or pastor’s decision about even the most workaday issues in Catholic life, according to canon lawyers in academia, dioceses and in private practice. Sometimes, the challengers even win. In one example cited by veteran canon lawyers, parishioners wanted to bar musical performances in their church that weren’t liturgical. Their priest had been renting space to a local band. In another case, a nun filed a petition after a religious superior disclosed the nun’s medical information to others a potential violation of privacy. Regarding bishops’ often contentious decisions to close parishes, the liberal reform group FutureChurch posts a guide on its website called “Canonical Appeals for Dummies” on seeking Vatican intervention to stay open. The reasons for the uptick are complex and reach back decades, involving changes in the church and broader society. Canon lawyers say the American concern for individual freedoms likely has played a role. So has the explosion of information on the Internet. But the change is also an unexpected consequence of the clergy molestation crisis, with the scandal exerting an influence far beyond cases that directly involve abusers. “The focus on canon law and penal procedures in the case of sexual misconduct has made people aware that the church has a law system, it can work
and people can take advantage of it,” said Michael Ritty, founder of Canon Law Professionals, a private practice in Feura Bush, N.Y. “For so long, especially in the United States, many of the lay people did not speak up and did not know how to speak up, and many people in the hierarchy did not know how to accept things when people did speak up. I think that is changing.” No one knows the exact number of formal petitions before tribunals or agencies at the Vatican, or before church officials in the U.S. or in any country. The cases are guarded by pontifical secrecy, which bars advocates, judges and other parties from revealing details of the proceedings. Still, U.S. canon lawyers say they have seen more widespread use of church law to resolve disputes. Edward Peters, a canon lawyer and professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, said the increase in canonical litigation is “indisputable.” The Canon Law Society of America, a professional group for church lawyers, held a workshop on the trend called “Hierarchical Recourse: Can’t We All Just Get Along?” Ritty founded his private practice in 2000 to keep active after he retired and now employs three other canon lawyers. Abuse cases are a significant part of his work, along with marriage annulments, but Ritty also has many cases relating to everyday church issues, such as use of money. “Most of us, when we were training, were preparing for marriage tribunals, marriage annulments,” said Monsignor Patrick Lagges of Chicago, a canon lawyer for three decades who helped lead the canon law society workshop last year. “Now there’s such a broad range of things. It’s a much broader field.” Until recently, the only canon law most American Catholics knew related to annulments, church declarations that a marriage was never valid. (For years, the majority of annulment petitions to the Vatican have come from the United States.) The first complete code of canon law, published in 1917, was also the first to be translated from the Latin into English. Even then, the system remained obscure, considered the province of an educated clergy-elite who were fluent in Latin and
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In this Jan. 11 photo, the Rev. Patrick Lagges stands in front of a statue of Saint Francis in Chicago. Lagges, a canon lawyer for three decades in the Catholic Church, helped lead the canon law society workshop last year. It was once assumed that disagreements between Roman Catholic clergy and lay people would end one way: with the highest-ranking cleric getting the last word. That outcome is no longer a given. Lately, those trying to resolve such disputes in the U.S. have increasingly turned to the church’s internal legal system, according to canon lawyers. Reasons for the uptick reflect changes in church and society; the American concern for individual freedoms likely has played a role as has the explosion of information on the Internet. But the change is also an unexpected consequence of the clergy molestation crisis. could quote directly from centuries-old papal decrees. The Second Vatican Council, the 1960s meetings that ushered in modernizing reforms, aimed to make canon law more accessible. A revised legal code was eventually issued in 1983 by Pope John Paul II that placed new emphasis on the rights and obligations of all Catholics, lay and clergy. “The Christian faithful can legitimately vindicate and defend the rights which they possess in the Church in the competent ecclesiastical forum according to the norm of law,” canon 221:1 says. Yet, no flurry of canonical petitions followed. A few prominent cases played out in public. The ex-wife of former Massachusetts Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, son of Robert F. Kennedy, wrote a book about her appeal to reverse the church decision to annul their marriage of a dozen years. The Vatican took about a decade to decide the case, but ruled in her favor. In the 1990s, some parishioners appealed Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s decision to close their Chicago church. They succeeded in a phase of the appeal, but the building was ultimately shut down. Still, the numbers of cases remained small. Then, 10 years ago, a criWHOLESALE CARPET OUTLET WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD!
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sis unfolded that became the worst in U.S. church history. The Boston Globe persuaded a Massachusetts judge to unseal documents that showed the Archdiocese of Boston kept clergy who had molested children in parishes without warning parents or police. The outrage that the news reports generated spread nationwide. Soon, every American bishop was pressured to disclose diocesan records on abusive clergy. In June, beleaguered church leaders gathered in Dallas, trailed by more than 750 reporters, to adopt a new child protection policy and discipline plan for guilty
priests. Suddenly, canon law was front-page news. In many cases, the church’s internal legal system was the only recourse for church officials who wanted to remove clergy from public ministry or the priesthood. Most victims came forward decades after they had been molested, long after the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution in civil court had passed. So over several months, American bishops began a closely watched negotiation with Vatican officials over how they could change church law to streamline the removal of guilty priests. Canonical due process rights for
clergy emerged as a key issue. In a public meeting that November, bishops discussed plans for new church tribunals for accused priests who said they were innocent and would not leave ministry. Bishops spent hundreds of millions of dollars on child protection programs and more on settlements with victims. But the damage was done. Trust in the bishops’ judgment plummeted. So, when bishops in some dioceses announced the next round of parish closures, part of a consolidation that started years ago, angry parishioners didn’t only protest and pray. They also hired canon lawyers.
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Editor: Abby Ciriegio Reporters: Emily Bensman Abby Ciriegio Kennedy McIver Adviser: Elaine Schweller-Snyder
Issue #16 - Jan. 19, 2012
Baker’s heating up the icebox
The experience of a lifetime
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BY KENNEDY MCIVER A new basketball sensa“I’m pumped,” said Emilee Proffitt about being one of the select few chosen for the Yech Scholarship Program at The Dayton Art Institute. Proftion is on the loose at itt is one of the 12 high school art students to be accepted into the program Lehman High School. Not through a competitive portfolio process. Each student had to submit a oneonly is he rising in the napage essay about the importance of art in their life and a portfolio containtional rankings, but he’s ing three pieces of 2-D artwork, three slides or photos of 3-D artwork, or a heating up the “icebox” as Emilee Profitt works on her combination. well. This 6’3” senior star latest painting These 12 high school students will attend eight weeks of intensive can be none other than Alex college-level art classes on Thursday evenings starting in February through early April. Their mentors will be Baker. the four college students who have received Yech College Artist Fellowships. Both the fellowship and scholBaker has come a long arship programs are offered through the Dorothy and Bill Yech Education Endowment to promote and enhance way from his first basketball Alex Baker and his the development of young and promising artists. hoops at age three, and fan, Turner Lachey “I am extremely blessed to be given this opportunity to enhance my artistic ability,” Proffitt said. This will rehas created quite the name for himself during his high school basketball career. ally help her for the next chapter of her life. “I want art to be involved in my life through college and when choos“I hate to fail and basketball has just been one of ing a career. I want to become an art teacher so I can show my students my love and passion for art.” To get where she is today, Profitt has worked hard and has a lot of determination. Mrs. Grant, current art those things that I feel I was born to do,” Baker said. “I am constantly trying to improve my game and be- teacher at Lehman, has been very helpful with her journey. “She is a wonderful student and I am very proud come a better player because it’s what I love to do.” that she has created a portfolio so outstanding to be accepted into this honorable position,” Grant said. Baker along with fellow seniors, Solomon KingWhite and Ben Theiman, lead the team as captains and have experienced a fairly successful season thus far with a record of 6-4. “I can’t say that I am disapBY EMILY BENSMAN pointed with our season so far, but I am definitely not Students of Lehman realize that small steps to a better world truly make a difference. A “jeans day” at Lehman super happy about it,” Baker said. “I just think that we is not only a day for students to wear something different than the daily uniforms, but also an opportunity for them have a lot of potential this year and are definitely state to help a great cause. On a “jeans day”, the students bring in $3 to wear jeans. All of the money collected goes worthy. I mean if Houston can do it (last year) then we to a variety of causes and organizations. Lehman’s next “jeans day,” today, is dedicated to muscular dystrophy. can do it.” may be wondering what muscular dystrophy is. “Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited disorders that You Even though his season may not be as successful involve muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue, which get worse over time,” according to as he hoped by this point, Baker’s career stats are at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. There are several different types of muscular dystrophy. They include Becker muscular an all time high. Baker is first in the state and fifth in dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral muscuthe nation in the number of three-pointers per game, dystrophy, Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, Myotonia congenita, and Myotonic dystrophy. lar as well as eighth in the state in the number of points The different types of the disease vary in severity. Some are deadly, while others have more minor effects and per game averaging about 22 points. “It feels awethe patient can live a normal lifespan. The type of dystrophy can be determined by medical history, a physical some to know that I am both nationally and state examination, and the different symptoms. A muscle biopsy may be needed, but typically a DNA blood test is ranked, but to be honest I wouldn’t have any of this enough. There also may be tests for the heart, nerves, and blood. without my team. I mean without them I’d be like a Muscular dystrophy can happen at any point in someone’s life, but it is the most severe when a person is dihoop without a net, totally lost,” Baker said. agnosed as a child. Each type brings different symptoms. Some types affect all muscles, while others affect only The Lehman community is not the only one noticing groups of muscles. Symptoms include: mental retardation, muscle weakness that slowly gets worse, delayed deBaker’s success. He has been scouted by a number of of muscle motor skills, difficulty using one or more muscle groups, drooling, eyelid drooping, frequent velopment Division II colleges including Ohio Dominican, Heifalls, loss of strength in a muscle or group of muscles as an adult, loss in muscle size and problems walking. delberg and Muskingum University. Although he was Now that you know a little bit more about Muscular Dystrophy, you may be wondering about the treatment. flattered by all the offers, none of them seem to be a Unfortunately there is no cure for the disorders, but medical treatments can control the symptoms. Orthopedic fit for him. Instead, Baker plans on attending Miami can help improve mobility. Physical therapy can help patients maintain muscle strength. Sometimes appliances University, where he will major in business. Baker surgery is needed, which may improve muscle function. Inactivity tends to make the patients disorder even also is in contact with the head basketball coach at worse. For children affected by the disease, corticosteroids are sometimes taken to keep them walking as long Miami, and hopes that he can further his basketball as possible. Most of us are more fortunate than others and it is important to recognize this so we can help. There career at MU. But, whatever lies ahead for Baker, we many things in the world that could use a kind action and it is our duty to so. Something just as simple as a are know that he will succeed and be a genuine slam “jeans day” can truly make a difference. dunk.
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Elementary students invited to tour J. Scott Garbry Museum PIQUA — Upper Valley Career Center students majoring in Environmental Occupations will be conducting their 31st annual museum program, “Look at Yesteryear,” in conjunction with their “Maple Sugaring Days” demonstration. Elementary students will be visiting a village of the early 1900s during this two-hour tour/program. The old time village, located in Garbry Hall at the Willowbrook Environmental Education Center, has shops and offices from yesteryear. The students will see and hear how town merchants and professionals performed their trade around the early 1900s. They will enter an old-time barber-
shop, post office, general store, bank, and harness shop. A shoe cobbler’s shop, a one-room schoolhouse, an undertaker/cabinet maker’s shop and blacksmith building are also included. The Upper Valley Career Center students will provide demonstrations on how to make rope with a rope-making machine, how to use a cross-cut saw and froe to build a log cabin, and how to make maple syrup like the Native Americans. Elementary students are shown how to tap the sugar maple trees from the Willowbrook woods and how to make the syrup the oldtime way on a wood burning stove in the sugar camp.
This program is available to area students in grades 1, 2, 3 or 4. This museum experience will help reinforce state standards for the social studies and science curriculum for those grades. Tours will be conducted between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. or from 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. February 7, 8, 10, 15, 22, 24. Tours are arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. To schedule a tour or for more information, contact Michaella Quinter or Jim Metz at the Willowbrook Environmental Education Center at 778-8763. They may also be e-mailed at quinterm@uppervalleycc.org or metzj@uppervalleycc.org.
Piqua City Schools News PIQUA — The followings events and programs are taking place in Piqua City Schools: • The Piqua High School Show Choir The Company took Grand Champion honors at the Beavercreek Midwest Show Choir Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 14. They were awarded Class B Champions, Best Overall Vocal Performance, Best Overall Instrumental Combo, and Sam Roth was named Best Male Soloist. Daret Spradley was named Piqua’s Outstanding Performer. The Company will compete next in Findlay on Feb. 4. • The Piqua High School Show Choir The Company will host the 29th Annual Show Choir Invitational on Saturday,
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and Jordan Schneider Bennett Intermediate School — Ellie Jones and Olivia Booth Washington Intermediate School — Kelsey Magoteaux and Bradyn Craft Wilder Intermediate School — Carris Meckstroth and Anthony Brandon Favorite Hill Primary School — Sydney Swary and Dre’Leik Higgins High Street Primary School — Jonah Pitts and Cassidy Clark Springcreek Primary School — Eriahna Penkal Congratulations to M a d i s o n Heffelfinger/Piqua Catholic School who was named Champion and Justin Kerrigan/Piqua Junior High School who was runner-up.
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Heavily armed members of the Tactical Response Team take a break from the cold after being relieved by another team during a standoff with a burglary suspect at Village West Apartments behind Kroger in Sidney Wednesday morning.
Six-hour standoff ends in Sidney after suspect attempts to flee Piqua police assist at scene of incident BY JENNIFER BUMGARNER Ohio Community Media jbumgarner@sdnccg.com SIDNEY — A nearly six-hour standoff ended Wednesday after a suspected burglar attempted to run from police. Sean M. Fisher, 33, of Spruce Avenue was arrested on Wednesday following an incident which started a little after 6 a.m. at the Village West Apartments, 500 Vandemark Road. The incident began when Sidney police received a call from a resident about a suspicious person at apartment number 54. Police arrived on the scene and set up a perimeter around the building where the suspect was seen. They attempted to contact the person through the public address system, but received no response. The Shelby County Tactical
Response Team also arrived on the scene shortly after 7 a.m. As police assessed the situation, a woman with two small children exited the apartment building. The woman told police that the man had come through her ceiling. According to Chief Kevin Gessler, each apartment building has six units with a crawl space in the attic, which connects the units. There are fire walls between the attics and it appeared that Fisher broke through the fire wall, which gave him access to all six apartments. The situation ended when Fisher tried to flee from the apartment building around noon. He was quickly apprehended by police. “There was an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter,� Gessler said. “He was not going to get away but he did take advantage of an opportunity to try to stun the officers with regard to him just making an immediate run to try to get away.� Gessler commended the resident who first alerted
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the weather conditions. “Weather was a factor,� said Gessler. “We had to keep switching men out because of the cold. It also inconvenienced a lot of residents but we had to be cautious.� Folkerth Avenue was closed to incoming traffic for several hours. Residents were finally allowed back into the area around 1 p.m. following the apprehension of Fisher. Fisher is in custody at the Shelby County jail and is being charged with multiple counts of burglary and attempted kidnapping. It is not clear if any other charges will be filed. Fisher is scheduled to appear in Sidney Municipal Court today.
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Preferred candidate will posses: • The ability to manage circulation staff and independent contractor carrier force • Excellent customer service skills • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, emphasis on Excel • Financial budgeting and balancing skills, including tracking of expenses and revenue • The ability to initiate and process contractor pay Candidates with past experience in newspaper circulation/ distribution services, preferably as district manager and/or circulation manager would be a definite plus. The Sidney Daily News is an 11,000-plus daily newspaper and publishes Monday and Wednesday through Saturday. Sidney Daily News is an Ohio Community Media newspaper and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Salary negotiable depending on experience. We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401(k) employee-owned retirement packages. We also offer paid vacation, holidays, sick, and personal days. Send resume with cover letter along with salary requirements to: Frank L. Beeson, Group Publisher, Ohio Community Media, 224 S. Market St., Troy, OH 45373. Inquiries, resume and cover letter can also be emailed to: fbeeson@ohcommedia.com. PLEASE, NO TELEPHONE CALLS.
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L EGAL N OTICE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO Case No.: 11-846 Judge: Christopher Gee DECKER INVESTMENTS LTD., et al Plaintiffs, -vsLOUIS F. DECKER, et al Defendants. LEGAL NOTICE (Service By Publication) Louis F. Decker, George H. Decker, Walter J. Decker, William J. Decker, John Smith, Administrator of the Estate of George Ersig, Rassinna C. Wolfart, Franz I. Ersig, Carl William Ersig, Mary Louise May, and their respective unknown heirs, devisees, administrators, executors, personal representatives, creditors, and assigns, will take notice that on the 12th day of December, 2011, Decker Investments Ltd and B & B Rentals, Ltd. filed a Complaint against them demanding that title be quieted to the real estate more particularly described in such Complaint.
Dearest Lynn, We love you sweetie! Keep that beautiful smile, always! We love you, Mom & Dad
The parties are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days following the sixth weekly publication of this Notice by serving upon Plaintiffs’ attorney a copy of their Answer to the Complaint. The Answer must be filed with the Clerk of the Miami County Commons Pleas Court, Miami County Safety Building, 201 West Main Street, Troy, Ohio 45373, within three (3) days after service on Plaintiffs’ attorney. If you fail to appear and defend, judgment by default may be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
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IN BRIEF ■ Track & Field
Russia seeks track coaches RUSSIA — Russia is seeking junior high boys and girls track and field coaches, as well as varsity assistants for this spring. For more information, call Todd Wion at (937) 526-3156.
INSIDE ■ Brothers could meet in Super Bowl, page 14. ■ Reds re-sign Bailey, add Ludwick, page 15.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
Piqua boys face Butler Indians looking for sweep
The Piqua boys basketball team will look for its first sweep of a GWOC North opponent in some time when the Indians visit the SAC to play Van■ PYBSA dalia-Butler. Piqua, 3-8 overall and 2-2 in the GWOC North, is coming off a tough loss to Beavercreek. The Indians beat Butler Piqua Youth Baseball in the first meeting 62-56, and Softball (PYBSA) with Trae Honeycutt scor2012 sign ups will be held ing 20 points on nine of 10 at the Miami Valley Centre shooting from the floor. Mall on the following dates Taylor Wellbaum leads and times. (will be located Piqua with a 13.5 scoring out side of Sears store) average, but the Indians Jan. 28: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. have a balanced attack. Jan. 29: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Piqua’s depth has also Feb. 4: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. improved with Luke Karn Feb. 5: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. returning from an injury. If you have any quesVandalia, 5-7 overall tions you can email Andy and 2-3 in the GWOC Hall at ahall7@woh.rr.com North, is led by Jordan Greer, 12 points per game ■ Baseball and Jake Greer, 10.1 points per game. Sam Hershberger, who scored 17 in the first game with Piqua and Ryne Pugh both average more than eight. The Russia Raider Jordan Greer also averBaseball team, along with Extra Innings — Troy, is sponsoring a baseball camp for ages 7-18 that will be held at Russia High School on Feb. 5 and 12 from 12:30 p.m.-4 p.m. The camp is a fundraiser for the team. Instructors for this camp will include Craig Stammen (Versailles) of the Washington Nationals, Jared Hoying (Ft. Loramie) with the Texas Rangers, Adam Eaton (Kenton Ridge) with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chris Peters The Edison Community (Tippecanoe) with the College men’s and Toronto Blue Jays, and basketball teams women’s Jason Leaver (Springfield got the short draw in the Shawnee), Georgia. For more information, or OCCAC opener Wednesto receive a brochure, con- day night. The Chargers hosted tact Russia varsity baseCincinnati State, whose ball coach Rick Gold, at 937-335-1921 or by email men and women are both nationally ranked. at rdgold14@yahoo.com Edison was competitive in both games before los■ Website ing. The Charger men trailed by just six points at halftime before losing 82-68. ScoresBroadcast.com Eric Becksted and Josh will air the following high Duncan each scored 13 school basketball games: points, while Nick Tingle Friday: Anna boys at had a double-double with Fort Loramie, 7:40 p.m. 10 points and 12 reSaturday: Fort Recovbounds. ery girls at Fort Loramie, Josh Reynolds added 11 2:10 p.m.; New Bremen points. boys at Jackson Center, The Lady Chargers 7:40 p.m. faced an unbeaten CincinTuesday: Fort Loramie nati State team and kept boys at Lehman, 7:10 p.m. it close for much of the night before losing 83-64. “We wanted to keep it STUMPER tight,” Edison coach Kim Rank said. “We did that in the first half and it was close for three-quarters of What is famed the game. baseball “They started hitting pitcher Cy some threes and then they Young’s real were able to score in tranfirst name? sition.” Kendra Brunswick had a big game for the Lady Chargers, scoring 20 points and making four 3point field goals. Edison also got some solid play inside. Brianna Innocent scored 16 points, while Jo QUOTED Steva added 10 to the "It's just the phys- Lady Chargers attack. Edison will be back in icality of playing OCCAC action Saturday, football. Sometimes playing at Cuyahoga. you get hit and it The girls game tips at 1 can hurt a little bit.” p.m., followed by the men’s game scheduled for —Tim Tebow on a 3 p.m. start.
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Boys Hoop Weekend Slate FRIDAY Piqua at Vandalia-Butler TV South at Bradford Covington at Tri-Village Miami East at Newton Botkins at Houston Ben Logan at Graham Versailles at Coldwater SATURDAY Sidney at Lehman Catholic Houston at Covington Bradford at Russia TV South at Versailles
ages 6.7 boards, while Pugh grabs 6.6 per game. Jake Greer also goes hard to the boards, averaging 5.3 rebounds, while Hershberger averages 5.7 assists. Piqua will then host Springfield Tuesday in a GWOC crossover game. The Wildcats are 4-6 on the season. Ryan Minnery leads averaging Springfield, 14.8 points per game, while Brantley Davis is scoring at a 14.1 clip. Darryl Perry adds 12.0 MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO points and 9.7 rebounds to Kyler Ashton shoots the ball against Troy. Piqua travels to Vandalia Friday. the cause.
Edison drops games
J. HOMER DEVAUDRIUL
Chargers run into buzzsaw
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Piqua gets sweep
Scores to air hoop games
Indian bowlers top Trotwood
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Katie Allen fends off a Xenia defender as she drives to the basket.
Bucs edge Piqua
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Lady Indians lose to Xenia
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Shelby Vogler had a big first-half to spark Piqua to a 23-20 halftime lead, but the Lady Indian’s couldn’t hold on Wednesday night, losing to Xenia Vogler scored 10 points and pulled down five rebounds in the first two quarters. No further info was available at press time.
TROTWOOD — The Piqua bowling teams topped Trotwood Wednesday. The boys won 1,8891,653 to improve to 2-3 in Greater Western Ohio Conference North play. Josh Homer led Piqua with a 428 series on games of 220 and 208, while Brandon Devaudriul rolled a 204 opening game and had a 369 series. Lee Small added a 167 game in the opener. Piqua had Baker games of 126 and 138, but was able to finish off the win. The Piqua girls beat Trotwood-Madison 1,9011,505. The Lady Indians are now 3-2 in the GWOC North and 9-8 overall on the season. Hayley Ryan led the girls with 385 (184-201), followed by Shae Doll 342 (178-164) and Haley Huebner 315 (164-151). During the Baker games the girls rolled 143 and 171. The team will host Vandalia-Butler Tuesday at Brel-Aire Lanes in another GWOC North matchup.
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Ravens ‘D’ praises Brady Will wait until Sunday to try and smother him OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens' defense intends to spend much of Sunday afternoon harassing New England quarterback Tom Brady and burying him in the pocket. Until that time, the game plan evidently is to smother him with praise.
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John and Jim Harbaugh talk with their father Jack earlier this season. Both will be coaching Sunday.
Will Harbaughs meet again in Super Bowl? Brothers lead their teams to title games SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — When addressing his 49ers this week, Jim Harbaugh can point to the monumental miss in his 15-year NFL career: He came a Hail Mary short of making the Super Bowl. He still has an out-ofwhack right pinkie and noticeable hitch in his step to show for his time in the league. His big brother, John, never played at football's highest level and instead might motivate his Baltimore Ravens with examples of sacrifices by military members in reallife conflicts. The Harbaughs, separated in age by all of 15 months, took different paths to the doorstep of the Super Bowl. Now, they're sparking talk of a "Superbaugh." Baltimore plays at New England in Sunday's first game for the AFC title, then San Francisco hosts the New York Giants for the NFC crown. Their parents, Jack and Jackie, plan to watch on television from home in Wisconsin. While the brothers have spoken during the playoffs, Jim is quick to point out they are each handling business their own way. "Each situation is different," he said. "There are some similarities, there are some differences. Their situation is similar in some ways, and different in others. We're each going to handle it accordingly." John Harbaugh began at the lowest rung of coaching and worked his way up slowly, a former college defensive back at Miami of Ohio whose playing career ended there. He has guided the Ravens' staunch, playmaking defense. Jim Harbaugh was a star college quarterback at Michigan, a first-round draft pick and eventual Pro Bowler who turned to coaching much later. His thick offensive playbook featuring a version of the West Coast offense can be overwhelming, and Harbaugh has been known to mix in some twists, such as using David Akers to throw a pass on a fake field goal or throwing to a nose tackle-turned parttime fullback. In last Saturday's 36-32 last-second win against Drew Brees and the favored Saints, Harbaugh even used star defensive
tackle Justin Smith for a few plays on offense. He gets a kick out of the game-planning process and throwing in some new wrinkles each week. "Really enjoyable. Yeah, it's a fun part of the job, and I think the thing that makes it fun is that the players are really stimulated by that," Jim Harbaugh said. "And we've got smart guys that they want it, they almost need it. And really keeps them on a razor's edge." Throughout the season, the Harbaughs talk regularly to share ideas, yet suddenly are in scouting mode with the potential for another history-making matchup next month Indianapolis. On in Thanksgiving night, they became the first brothers to face each other as NFL head coaches. "It's pretty neat. I'm proud of him," John Harbaugh said. "He's proud of what we're doing." Jim considers himself a Ravens fan. "Had a chance to watch his game, and found myself, as always, pulling very hard for him and his team. Very happy for his success," Jim said. "(I watch) as a brother, as a fan of his team, and also as a possible opponent, yes." One thing neither likes during game week is anything they consider nonsense — a distraction to the one and only goal of a victory. The Harbaughs can be dismissive. They're known to sneer or blow off questions altogether when it comes to injuries or any other tidbit that might give an opponent insight or a possible advantage — perceived or otherwise. Jim Harbaugh had a roster full of playoff firsttimers going into last Saturday's win. His message: "Don't overcook it." Translation: Stick with what got you here. John Harbaugh has a postseason-tested roster of men who have been in the big games before. Ray Lewis is still around from the 2001 Super Bowl champion team. Both possess a laserlike football focus and find unique ways to motivate. "When he gets fired up, it's fire and brimstone," Ravens linebacker Jarret Johnson said of John. "But for the most part, he reads a lot. He draws a lot from
the military. We get a lot of poetry. He uses a lot of different analogies and stuff. I would say he's all over the place. He's a rah-rah guy when he needs to be, and he's also very subtle. Maybe a Shakespeare speech, something like that. He draws inspiration from everywhere." Jim has his players buying into a blue-collar mentality, and there are actual blue-collar shirts to fit the theme. Defensive line coach Jim Tomsula wears his regularly around team headquarters. "It's really been fun to see the sayings that have really grabbed on from the blue-collar aspect," Akers said. "A lot of this country is built on the blue-collar idea." Jim Harbaugh always has a story to share. From the one about his uncles who untucked their shirts after a long day's work — he now does the same after each victory — to his own missed opportunity at a Super Bowl, one he figured surely would come again. In the AFC championship game after the 1995 season, the Colts had the ball on the Steelers 29 on third-and-1, but Harbaugh's Hail Mary throw to the end zone went through Aaron Bailey's hands as time expired. Pittsburgh won, 20-16. "He just tells us to give it all we have, give it all we've got, go out there and just fight, just fight as a team," running back Frank Gore said. "Think about all the bad times we had here and now we have this opportunity and go take advantage of it. That's what we're trying to do." If Jim Harbaugh wins Sunday, he'll be headed back to a city where he is still loved despite not coming through that day. His sister, Joani Crean — whose husband coaches at Indiana — still regularly gets stopped by strangers when she travels to Indianapolis with their stories about her brother, Jim. Both Harbaughs recall their youths to give examples of what they learned from their coaching father, Jack. During training camp, John Harbaugh talked about sharing one of those tales with his team. "The guys laughed. They've heard it before, but when you say, 'This is
something my dad used to tell me,' boom, it disarms them a little bit. They appreciate it," he said. John also took part in an NFL-USO coaches tour of the Persian Gulf in 2009 and occasionally calls on military personnel to address the team after practice. In turn, in 2010 he spoke to the Army's 1st Cavalry and attended its team-building symposium. "Those guys have so much at stake. It's hard for us to even look at it and say it's the same, but when they teach their troops, they make sports analogies all the time," Harbaugh said. "I think that's ironic, because we make military analogies all the time." His brother has his own methods — and the 49ers have been all in since the start. San Francisco has gone from a 6-10 team last season, one that missed the playoffs for the eighth straight season, to a 14-3 team one win from playing for football's biggest prize. He is rah-rah to the core. At the same time, he has been known to sleep at team headquarters while "honkering down" as he calls it. Harbaugh orders pizza to team headquarters as he and his staff spend hours in the film room studying opponents. Players walk around wearing T-shirts with Harbaugh's catchphrase "Who's got it better than us? No-body!" That one came from his father. "I'll pick up an article or a news story and you see something in there I'll think, 'Hah, where have I heard that?'" said Jack Harbaugh, whose credo was born in his tiny hometown of Crestline, Ohio. "I was talking to my cousin, Mike Gottfried .. and he said: 'You know, it's amazing. I can recall that in Crestline back in the early 1950s.' ... Mike says: 'You know what? I can recall that.' We'd be walking out to play. Or we'd be going home at night and we'd look at each other say, 'Who's got it better than us? Noooo-body!' And that was a great life." Life will be much sweeter for the close-knit Harbaughs if each brother holds up his end of the bargain Sunday. Then, it will be reunion time in Indy with the world watching.
Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs got into a shouting match with Brady in 2009 after the quarterback appeared to be demanding a penalty flag for a late hit. More recently, Suggs suggested that Brady's two Super Bowl wins were "questionable" and that he continues to receive preferential treatment from officials. Suggs abandoned the grudge Wednesday. "There is no beef," he insisted. "I guess the genesis of that, it was the incident in '09 where I almost hit him below the waist. I've gotten over it. There's where it all started, but you grow and mature. As you all can clearly see, I am not the same guy I was back in '09. I am definitely 20 pounds lighter, too." He's smart enough to know a war of words isn't necessary just four days before the AFC title game. So this is what Suggs decided to say about Brady this time around: "When it's all said and done, they are going to speak about quarterbacks: three Johnny (Unitas), Peyton (Manning) and him." Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis narrowed the field, saying, "You're talking about arguably one of the two best quarterbacks of all time." The Ravens have plenty of reasons to respect Brady. The cold facts are that he threw six touchdown passes last week in a 45-10 rout of Denver and is 4-1 lifetime against Baltimore — the lone loss coming in the 2008 playoffs. Nothing is more important for the Ravens on Sunday than stopping Brady. The first step in getting that done is to make sure he has very little time to throw in the pocket. "You have to pressure Brady," linebacker Jarret Johnson said. "If you let him stand there, he is going to kill you." Ravens coach John Harbaugh couldn't find anything bad to say about the Patriots' star. "He may be one of the
elite quarterbacks ever to play the game," Harbaugh said. "He's big, he's accurate, he throws the ball hard and throws a catchable ball at the same time. He moves around fairly well in the pocket, all those things." In four regular-season games against Baltimore, Brady has helped the Patriots generate 24, 27, 27 and 23 points. "We've got our hands full this week," Lewis said. "You watched what they did last week against Denver. Just the way they came out and ran their offense — how efficient he was, how many different receivers he hit with the ball. I think that offense, period, is playing at a very high level." Let the compliments fly. "We've played the Patriots several times, and the games always come down to being classic," Lewis said. "Brady is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and there is no better mind in football than (New England coach) Bill Belichick. So with all of that being said, here is our opportunity." Brady, similarly, has decided it's wiser to say nice things about the Ravens than to give them added incentive to come after him Sunday. "I have a lot of respect for them and their ability to play and perform under pressure," Brady said. "They've been in the playoffs the last four years and they've won playoff games in the last four years. They're a tough team. What goes on off the field and the comments that guys make really has no bearing or impact on this game, nor will it. A lot of my focus and attention is on what I need to do to be at my best this week for my teammates. Hopefully we go out there and play our best game." The Ravens intend to make it very difficult for Brady to fulfill that wish. They do, however, respect his drive to win. "I don't know Tom personally. I don't know what he thinks of us," Johnson said. "What I do know is that he is super competitive. Competitive people like a challenge, and we're a challenge. We play a certain way that I think he likes, and I think he looks forward to playing. He gets fired up and expresses that. That's my opinion. I think he looks forward to playing us."
Pacman pleads to misdemeanor Another charge dismissed CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. Jones entered the plea in Hamilton County Municipal Court just as his non-jury trial was scheduled to begin. A second misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest was dismissed in a plea agreement with prosecutors. Judge Brad Greenberg ordered Jones to serve a year of probation, complete 50 hours of community service and pay a $250 fine plus court costs. Jones could have received a maximum jail sentence of 30 days. Jones, 28, was accused
in court documents of being disorderly, shouting profanities and trying to pull away as officers arrested him at a downtown bar in July. At the time, Jones was on probation in Las Vegas in connection with a 2007 no contest plea to a strip club melee that left three people wounded. He was ordered in November to perform an additional 75 hours of community service for violating that probation. Jones apologized in court to police for his conduct and said he realized that he "could have handled it a whole lot better." The judge told Jones that he did not know how "someone with your ability risks your career with this type of behavior."
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Homer Bailey will be back pitching for the Reds this season.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Right-hander Homer Bailey agreed to a one-year, $2,425,000 contract on Tuesday, avoiding salary arbitration with the Cincinnati Reds. Bailey is coming off his best season, setting career highs in starts, wins, innings and strikeouts despite two stints on the disabled list because of shoulder problems in 2010. He went 9-7 with a 4.43 earned run average in 22 starts with 106 strikeouts in 132 innings. Bailey made $441,000 last year. He can make an additional $75,000 in performance bonuses in his new deal. Bailey will be competing for a spot in the back of a rotation featuring Johnny Cueto, Mat Latos and Bronson Arroyo. The Reds failed to reach deals with right-handed relievers Jose Arredondo and Nick Masset, who exchanged arbitration figures with the team. Arredondo made $480,000 last season, when he continued his comeback from reconstructive elbow surgery in 2010. Arredondo went 4-4 with a 3.23 ERA in 53 appearances around two stints on the disabled list.
He asked for $875,000 in arbitration, and the club offered $725,000. Masset made $1,825,000 last season, when he went 3-6 with a 3.71 ERA in 75 relief appearances. He asked for $2.9 million in arbitration, and the club offered $2.1 million. Reliever Bill Bray and shortstop Paul Janish agreed to deals on Tuesday, avoiding arbitration. Bray made a team-leading 79 appearances with a 5-3 record and 2.98 ERA last season, when he made $655,000. He got a one-year deal for $1,417,500. Janish was a starter at the outset but struggled and was demoted to Triple-A. He batted .214 in 114 games with no homers and 23 RBIs last season, when he made $437,500. He agreed to a one-year deal for $850,000. ■ Ryan Ludwick and the Cincinnati Reds agreed to a $2.5 million, one-year contract Monday, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. Foxsports.com and CBSSports.com were the first to report Cincinnati's agreement with the freeagent outfielder. The person spoke to The Associated Press on
condition of anonymity Monday night because the deal was pending a physical and no announcement had been made by the team. An All-Star in 2008 with St. Louis, the 33year-old Ludwick was traded from San Diego to Pittsburgh at the July 31 deadline last season. He batted a combined .237 with 13 homers and 75 RBIs. Ludwick could give the Reds the right-handed bat they've been seeking to complement lefty sluggers Joey Votto and Jay Bruce. He figures to see playing time in left field, a spot filled mostly by Chris Heisey down the stretch last season after Cincinnati traded Jonny Gomes to Washington in late July. It's the latest move in a busy offseason for the aggressive Reds, who had previously been focused on pitching. Cincinnati acquired starter Mat Latos and left-handed reliever Sean Marshall in separate trades before reaching an oral agreement on an $8.5 million, one-year contract with free-agent closer Ryan Madson. had a Ludwick $6,775,000 salary last year.
UD gets early start Lady Flyers get morning victory over UMass in A-10 AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Dayton women’s basketball team built a big lead in the first half and came away with its second consecutive road victory taking an 8055 Atlantic 10 win over Massachusetts Wednesday morning at the Mullins Center in front of 2,504 fans. It marked the second Field Trip Day for the Flyers this season. Dayton improves to 115 overall and 3-1 in A-10 action, while the Minutewomen’s record drops to 6-13 overall and 1-3 in the A-10. Sophomore Cassie Sant was the only UD player in double figure scoring and she put up a career-high 17 points. Senior Patrice Lalor, juniors SamMacKay and Olivia Applewhite and freshman Ally Malott scored nine points each. Senior Casey Nance scored eight points and also grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. Seniors Kayla Moses, Elle Queen and Justine
Raterman each had six points. Queen equaled her career high with a gamehigh five steals. The Flyers also equaled their season-high in takeaways with 30. The Dayton bench outscored the UMass bench 50-6. UD also won the battle of the boards 47-40. Dayton started the game with a 7-0 run and never looked back. By the third media timeout (7:49) every Flyer had already scored and Dayton was up 32-8. UD shot 45.9 percent from the floor (17-of-37) and held a commanding 47-22 lead at the half. The two teams both scored 33 points in the second half. UD shot just AP PHOTO 29.3 percent in the second half from the floor (12-of- Indiana’s Cody Zeller dunks the ball over Nebraska’s Jorge Brian Diaz Wednesday night. 41). The Flyers will take a trip to the Bronx where they will take on Fordham Saturday, at 2 p.m. ET. Dayton returns to UD Arena to face off against Richmond on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. ET. LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — defeat as Nebraska's stu- throws. onds of posting its first Jorge Brian Diaz made dent section emptied and Spencer missed on the Big Ten road win against two free throws with 11 rushed the court. other end, but Talley fol- an opponent other than seconds left to give NeBo Spencer led the lowed with a putback, and Penn State under fourthbraska the lead, Indiana Huskers with 23 points, it was a one-point game. year coach Tom Crean. couldn't score on its last Toney McCray had 11 and Brandon Richardson The Hoosiers are 2-29 in possession, and the strug- Diaz and Dylan Talley 10 fouled Hulls in the back- conference road games gling Cornhuskers upset apiece. Cody Zeller led the court on Indiana's next since Crean took over. No. 11 Indiana 70-69 on Hoosiers with 18 points, possession, and the point Playing in Lincoln for 45-24. Wednesday night for the and Hulls added 12. guard missed the front the first time since 1942, Colton Bachman had 17 Hoosiers' third straight The Hoosiers had been end of a one-and-one with the Hoosiers led by eight points, 12 rebounds, seven loss. hoping to break out of a 24 seconds to play. points in the first half and assists, four steals and Indiana (15-3, 3-4) mini funk from losses to That allowed Nebraska were up 41-34 at the half three blocks; while Max squandered a 13-point, Minnesota and Ohio State to set up its winning pos- after shooting 62 percent Schutt had 13 points, four second-half lead as Ne- after a 15-1 start that in- session. from the floor. rebounds, two steals and braska (10-8, 2-5) posted cluded upsets of then-No. Richardson, who reSpencer scored 15 two assists. its biggest victory as a 1 Kentucky and the then- bounded Hulls' missed points in the first 20 minBradley Hohlbein had new member of the Big No. 2 Buckeyes. free throws, fed Diaz and utes to keep the Huskers three steals, three assists Ten. But Nebraska, coming the 6-foot-11 center went in it. and one rebound, but Zack Jordan Hulls missed on off a five-point loss at Wis- right to the basket. But the Huskers went Scott had four rebounds a driving layup, then re- consin on Sunday, wouldHe got fouled by Hulls more than 5 minutes and one assist. covered the loose ball and n't quit after the Hoosiers and then made the tying without a field goal to PIQUA CATHOLIC SCORING missed a desperation shot looked to have taken con- free throw. After Indiana start the second half and Seventh Grade called timeout, he calmly fell behind by 13 points. Pickrel 10, Courter 6, T. Scott 5, O’Leary from in front of his bench trol. 3, Baker 2, McKinney 1 as time ran out. The ball The Hoosiers were up swished the go-ahead free Indiana, however, Eighth Grade back toward 69-66 with 39 seconds left throw. scored just one field goal Bachman 17, Schutt 13, Hohlbein 6, bounced Monnin 4, Pickrel 2, T. Scott 2, McKinney 1. Hulls, and he kicked it in after Hulls made two free Indiana was within sec- in the last 6 minutes.
Piqua Catholic boys split JH hoop games Bachman scores 17 in win over Graham The Piqua Catholic junior high boys basketball teams split two games with Graham. The seventh grade lost 37-27. Avery Pickrel had 10 points, four rebounds, one steal and one assist; while Caleb Courter had two rebounds, two steals and one assist. Eli Baker had three rebounds, two steals and one assist. Taylor O’Leary had two rebounds. The eighth grade won
Another Big Ten stunner Late free throws give Nebraska win over Indiana
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Versailles breaks records at Southwest Classic The Versailles girls and boys swim teams participated at the SouthwestDistrict Classic swim meet on Saturday, and Sunday, Over 3,300 athletes from Division I and Division II schools competed at the largest high school meet in the world. Preliminaries were held at eight different sites— Versailles swam at Miami University. The top 16 times from all eight sites for each event then qualified to swim at finals. The finals were held at St. Xavier High School’s Natatorium. The Versailles girls swim team tied for 15th place overall and the Versailles boys swim team tied for 29th place overall. Nine school records were set. The girls 400 yard medley relay (Hannah Marshal, Amber Seibert, Nicole Frantz, and Bailey Marshal) with a time of 4:18.20 broke the previous record of 4:24.04 set last year. Bailey Marshal broke the 50-yard freestyle record. Her time of 24.85 broke her previous record of 24.91.
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Piqua’s Natalie Thobe releases the ball against Troy Tuesday night. Piqua was back in action Wednesday against Trotwood-Madison.
Bailey Marshal also broke the 100-yard backstroke record. Her time of 1:00.53 broke the previous record of 1:00.97 set by Lauren Subler in 2008. The 400-yard freestyle relay (Nicole Frantz, Hannah Marshal, Amber Seibert, Bailey Marshal) with a time of 3:50.72 broke the previous record of 3:52.69 set last year. Mitchell Stover broke the 100 yard backstroke record. His time of 55.48 broke his record of 56.55l. Cole Albers broke the 200-yard breaststroke record. His time of 2:33.59 broke the previous record of 2:42.50 set by Brian Ruhe in 2009. Andrew Kramer set the new school record in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 19:29.62. Stover also broke the school record in the 200yard IM. His time of 1:59.88 broke his record of 2:01.17. Stover also broke the school record in the 200yard backstroke. His time of 2:00.53 broke the previous record of 2:27.25 set last year by Andrew Kramer.
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Tasha Potts shoots the ball against Xenia Wednesday night. Piqua lost the game. No further information was available at press time.
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